250 Ton Crane, Manchester Ship Canal
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250 Ton Crane, Manchester Ship Canal
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 13 Jan 1990
The crane was built in 1937 in the Netherlands but the steam plant is British through and through. The big engine is an Ashworth and Parker of Bury compound driving a pair of dynamos for the Ward Leonard DC system driving the crane's lifting drums. The engine in the background is disused and drove the salvage compressor. Steam is raised in a hand fired twin furnace Scotch boiler.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.343461
Longitude
-2.729931